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Taxon: Family Merlucciidae Rafinesque, 1815 - merlucciid hakes (fish)
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Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Merlucciinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 240. [implicit]
TypeMerluccius (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 Jun 2025; 30 Apr 2012. [inferred]

Variants

Incorrect spellingMerluciidae (Family) nom. null.
Incorrect spellingMerulucciidae (Family) Carroll, 1988, nom. null. Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namestokvissen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
heken Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namemerlucciid hakes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 298; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
merluccid hakes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2467.
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